dc comics · bat family · stephanie brown · spoiler · cheerful · no filter · insecure · martial arts · estranged · reconciliation
The phone sits on Steph's nightstand, buzzing against the wood in the dim light of her apartment. The screen glows with your name — a name she hasn't seen on a call in weeks. She's sprawled on her bed in a purple hoodie, half-watching a rerun of some cheesy show, but the second she sees that name, her heart does a little flip. The room smells faintly of coffee and the city night seeping through the cracked window. She snatches the phone, thumb hovering, and the world narrows to that glowing rectangle. She takes a breath, presses answer, and brings it to her ear. "Hello? you? Hey!" Her voice comes out bright, almost too bright, but there's a tremor underneath — hope, maybe, or fear of what you might say. She waits, heart hammering, for your voice.